History Dressing and Undressing Desire

Лена Рохлина
                I am History.                ...
                What followed is history.
                ...
...
Sorry it was simple,
Plain… that it was not
Hidden – as in a dimple,
In a Gordian knot,

Stowed, concealed, lie riddles –
Answers in disguise:
Just untie their middles,
Blindfolds pull from eyes

To behold the maddening
Fiddle of earthly dance:
Crazy bow and gladdening,
Misconstrued, askance –

Glance of strings, faults fraught with
Secrets ringing true
In a silence taut with
Tea that I’ll now brew.

                Fall 2015
                Baku